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After Da Weiying signed his name on the contract in duplicate and stamped it with the seal of the prince of Bohai, the whole person was in a trance. Li Jing put away one of the contracts, looked at the black and white words on it, and the bright red seal, and blew on the undried ink with great satisfaction.

Turning his head to look at Da Weiying, Li Jing stepped forward with a friendly smile and patted him on the shoulder.

"Your Royal Highness, the contract has been signed, and I ask you to go to the arsenal with the officials of the Ministry of Works to select weapons, and from now on, the 10,000 horses of the Korean army and the Goguryeo army will obey your command. By the way, in the future, the military salaries and rewards and allowances of these 10,000 horses will also be responsible for the Bohai State. By the way, this king will immediately send people to Yalu Mansion and Nanhai Mansion to accept the two places. ”

Until Li Jing's footsteps were far away, Da Weiying still didn't move, and sat there in a daze. He has just sold Xijing and Nanjing, one of the five capitals of the Bohai Kingdom. Is this right or wrong?

The Hall of the Heavenly Wolf.

The crowd of people who were drinking tea in the hall saw Li Jing coming in with a spring breeze, and they couldn't help but stand up and look over.

Li Jing raised the paper agreement in his hand and said loudly: "It's done!" ”

Cui Yunqing was the first to take the agreement, and after browsing it quickly, her face was full of disbelief, "How is this possible, how can the Prince of Bohai agree, could it be that the prince of the county used any means?" ”

Although the territory of the Bohai State is not small, there are only 15 prefectures and 5 capitals in the country, and this paper agreement. gave the second mansion and two capitals to Li Jing. It's incredible.

"This only means. We didn't know enough about the weakness of the Bohai Sea, and we didn't know enough about the ferocity of the Black Water Eagle. It seems that the Heishui Ministry is indeed very fierce this time, so fierce that the Bohai State is already worried about the loss of the country, otherwise, it is impossible to cede the second government for the sake of our ordnance and reinforcements. "You must know that although half of the Yalu Mansion has been cut off before, after all, there are still two capitals in the two mansions.

After the agreement. He sighed: "Anyway, in this way, we have no worries in the east. Now, we can rest assured that we can enter the Central Plains. ”

"Bohai doesn't have to worry, what about the Khitan?" Gai Yu said with some concern.

Speaking of which, after Li Jing mastered Liaodong, the biggest threat was not the Bohai Kingdom, but the Khitan. Although the Khitan has lost one after another, suffered several big losses, and retreated into the grassland. Even the eastern part of the Khitan steppe was occupied by Li Jing. But no matter what, the Khitan still has great strength.

Once Li Jing led the main force into the Central Plains. The newly occupied territories in the Northeast have to be worried. Although a large number of Goguryeo people were moved into the Central Plains after several migrations, the population of the two provinces of eastern and western Liaodong was also greatly reduced, and now the population of the Northeast Province and Shandong Province is 2 million, and the Northern Parallel Province plus Andong Province also has a population of 1 million. The two provinces of eastern and western Liaodong have a combined population of only about 2 million, of which Jinzhou alone accounts for 1 million, and the entire bank of the Liaohe River adds up to just over 1 million. Compared to this large area, the population is too small.

"The two provinces of Yalu and Nanhai were changed to Shenzhou, Nanzhou, and Fengzhou, which were subordinate to Andong Province. There were about 600,000 people in the newly occupied land of these three states, and all the rich people, big clans, and local tyrants were moved to Liaodong Province. "If you want to control the newly occupied land, it is best to destroy its original local clan power, the snake can't be headless, without these unstable factors, the situation will be much better.

"As for the Khitan." Li Jing pondered for a long time, originally Li Jing had been preparing last year, preparing to attack the Khitan in a big way after the high horse fat this autumn, preparing to hit the Khitan in one fell swoop. But the current situation, on the Central Plains side, due to the four towns in Hebei, the situation has gotten out of control, and Li Jing must send troops, otherwise, the situation will be very unfavorable to them.

With his current strength, he can't fight on both sides. If you want to send troops to the Central Plains, then whether it is Beiping against Youzhou or Liaoxi against Khitan, you have to move to the defensive stage.

"How is the Khan of Hind now?" Li Jing asked.

During the supervision, Sun Lan, the prince of Cheng, immediately replied: "The situation of the Khan of Hinde is not good, because he has been defeated by us several times before, and now all the Khitan tribes want to end the civil strife sooner or later, so that they can face us in unity." Of the twenty Khitan divisions, now only the two six divisions of the Yaoran clan and the Dahe clan are grouped, and the remaining thirteen divisions have all followed behind the Diera tribe and fought together against the Khan of Jinde. Although we continue to support the Hind Khan ordnance, depending on the situation, they will not be able to hold out for long. ”

Regarding this situation, Li Jing sighed and shook his head, the Khan of Hinde is too weak, and he can't deal with one of the six parts.

"That's it, since that's the case, let's make a ruthless move." Li Jing's eyes showed ruthlessness.

It was the first time for everyone to see Li Jing's gaze.

"Send troops to the Khitan grassland, set fire to the grass, and burn all the grasslands bordering us." Li Jing said in a deep voice.

"All burned?" Some people exclaimed, this is not a trivial matter, this burn, it will be hundreds of thousands of miles.

Li Jing nodded, "We made a firebreak in advance, and then set fire to the grass, burning all the grass for hundreds of miles on the border." ”

It's still winter, and the wild fields are yellow, and it's the best time to burn. Burning grass has always been the most ruthless way for the Han people to deal with the nomads of the grasslands. In the Ming Dynasty, it was proposed that the imperial captives were not good at burning wasteland, and every autumn and winter, the border guards had to go out of the plug to burn grass, which was called burning wasteland, so as to prevent the capture of the south and Yao soldiers. Each time it is burned, it is hundreds of miles, and the bigger the burn, the better. Because the nomads have a large number of cavalry, if there is a large amount of grassless land on the border, then the horses will not be able to eat, and the invasion of the nomadic tribes will face great difficulties.

Although the scale of burning grass was the largest in the Ming Dynasty, it was used in the Central Plains as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, and was repeatedly recorded in the Qin and Han dynasties.

Li Jing's plan was already a passive defense plan, because once the land was burned, although it could largely prevent the invasion of the Hu people, it would also make it difficult for the Northeast Army to enter the grassland. In this way, it also indirectly showed the Khitans the fact that the Northeast Army would not send troops to the grassland. In this way, I am afraid that the Khitans, who originally had to deal with the Khan of Hinde on the one hand, but also on the other hand to guard against the Northeast Army, can now concentrate their efforts to deal with the Khan of Hinde first.

But this is also a way to do it, since the Khan of Hind can no longer stop Diera. And Li Jing had to send troops to the Central Plains. The most rear. can only let go of the Khitan for the time being.

"There is at least half a month before the Liaohai Sea is completely open to navigation, how can we send troops?" Wang Pu, the secretary of the military department and the political counselor, asked, now the main force of the Northeast Army is in the northeast, which is closest to the most original in the Central Plains and the soldiers and horses in Shandong, but there are few soldiers. The passage of the Liaohai Sea is difficult, and it will be very troublesome to mobilize troops and horses for a while.

Li Jing also looked at the map, and the Liaohai Sea had now begun to melt ice. But there is still a lot of ice on the sea, and it will be very dangerous to navigate, and if you only rely on the non-ice port route, it will be extremely far from Qingni Port to Qingdao, or Qinhuangdao to Qingdao.

If you have to wait until the ice melts, it will take at least half a month. However, time waits for no one, and if it is delayed, I am afraid that Luoyang has been captured. Luoyang, the world shook. The feudal towns are only afraid that they will not be able to shrink even more, if they wait until the Hebei rebels and Huangchaoyi converge. The strength of their alliance made Li Jing worried.

"We don't go by sea, we go by land." After Li Jing pondered for a long time, he said in a deep voice.

He turned his head to Lin Wei, the governor of the Central Army and the political counselor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and asked, "What is the current situation of our army?" ”

"According to the requirements of the king of the county, in the past two years, our army has carried out a new round of reorganization and redress, up to now, the Northeast Army has 180,000 soldiers, including 100,000 soldiers under the 20th Infantry Army, 60,000 Cavalry Army, 60,000 Cavalry Army, 20,000 Naval Army, and a total of 36 armies. In addition, there are 100 counties in 5 provinces, 30 prefectures, and 1,000 people in each county, for a total of 100 battalions and 100,000 people. In addition, there is also a battalion of township soldiers in Dexian County, with a total of 100 battalions and 100,000 township soldiers. ”

"The 180,000 soldiers have completed the redress, the infantry and the jumping soldiers are all equipped with half-body plate armor, the Mo sword soldiers are all equipped with full-body plate armor, the crossbow soldiers are equipped with leather armor, the cavalry is equipped with half-body plate armor, and the war horses are equipped with leather armor. Our 100,000 township troops are also equipped with leather armor and iron armor, which can be used as both local city defense troops and auxiliary troops. The village soldiers were also equipped with leather armor and spears, horizontal knives, bows and arrows and other weapons, and the battle order was issued and could be immediately called up for use. ”

In the past two years, Li Jing has not relaxed his grasp of the army in the slightest. A lot of money has been invested, and today's army equipment has a new look. The most important thing is that although the authority of the officers has been reduced, their status has been continuously improved. Military salaries are higher than those of other positions, and since Li Jing issued a retirement order, announcing that soldiers who have served in the stock for five years without being promoted to sergeant major can retire after completing their service and can receive a retirement pay, and disabled officers, or other officers may also apply for a change of career, Daxingtai allows officers to retire from active positions and become civilians, and the military's treatment has been improved more and more.

The army is a sharp sword of Daxingtai, and it is carefully maintained in ordinary times, so as not to make it sharp and dazzling, but it is also held high, so as not to hurt itself. Once used, it is indestructible.

Li Jing's promulgation of these two regulations on retirement and demobilization is also aimed at maintaining a higher combat effectiveness of the army. The army under his rule will be a professional army. And the five-year retirement is also to let more soldiers have more choices, not just eat the severed head for the rest of their lives, until the day they die in battle. The military system of the Northeast Army is an elective service system, and not all adults have to serve in the military, but an elective service system.

The troops recruit all those who have property, and the so-called those who have constant property have perseverance, those who have equal wealth will be strong, those who are equal in strength will be rich, and those who are even in financial resources will be taken more than Ding.

Ordinary people who want to be soldiers may not be able to become soldiers, but they have to be wealthy and well-off, and healthy people are the first. These people enlisted in the army, of course, Li Jing could not let them serve as soldiers until they died, and after five years of military service, they were not promoted to the rank of captain, that is, soldiers at the rank of sergeant major, and they were discharged from the army after completing their service. Then the officers who have official positions can apply for a change of career, and after retirement, they can be converted to civilian positions.

Military attachés on active duty are restricted in their careers, but after changing careers, they become civil officials and are no longer restricted. However, according to the regulations, you cannot transfer back after changing jobs.

On the other hand, a steady stream of rotating soldiers, although the departure of veterans and the enlistment of new recruits will inevitably have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the army, but at the same time, the army is also a melting pot, which can allow more people to receive everything educated in the army. At the same time, after these veterans retire, it is also equivalent to hiding the soldiers from the people, and once it is needed in wartime, Daxingtai can also immediately recruit a group of trained veterans.

In this way, there is a steady stream of rotation, and most of the adult men under the jurisdiction of the most descendant Daxingtai have been trained as soldiers, and even if the army is defeated for a while, there is still more fresh blood to replenish. Unlike the implementation of lifelong military service, if there is a long-term war, there will be fewer and fewer elite soldiers after the worst of the war, and the strength will become weaker and weaker after the worst of the war.

According to this rotation system, the longer you fight, the more soldiers you can use, and the stronger you are. Moreover, the soldiers know that they can retire in five years, and the combat effectiveness of the troops will be more vigorous, and there will be many fewer soldiers and ruffians in the troops.

Although military attachés cannot hold positions such as county commanders, assassins, governors, scholars, and servants, they become civilian officials after they are transferred, and they have the same opportunity to become central and important positions such as participating in politics.

It is precisely because of all these that the expansion of the Northeast Daxingtai is now very smooth, and up to now, relying on sufficient financial resources, many military attaches that have been trained by military academies, coupled with excellent military resources, now there are 100,000 infantry, 60,000 horse troops, and 20,000 naval troops.

This still does not include the 100,000 unity soldiers of the nature of the local garrison and the 100,000 village soldiers of the nature of the militia.

With a full thirty-six soldiers, Li Jing's heart was full of pride.

Under the new military system, the Unity Corps is a local garrison that is mobilized only within the state, and at most within the province. The township soldiers, on the other hand, served as wartime auxiliaries and assisted in the defense of the county and law and order.

At present, because of the winter, the navy army is not needed, and the 20,000 people of the four armies cannot be used for the time being.

"The four armies of the naval division, the first army is stationed in Hudouzhou at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the first army is stationed in Yuzhou Island, Haizhou, the other army is stationed in Qingdao Port, Shandong, and the remaining army is stationed in Daxingcheng at the mouth of the Yalu River." After thinking about it for a long time, Li Jing temporarily arranged the four naval armies that could not be put into use here to help defend the four places.

"Four armies were deployed in western Liaoning to guard against Khitan, and four armies were deployed in Beiping to guard against Youzhou." Li Jing drew two large circles on the map, pulled out the soldiers of the eight armies, and arranged two defensive groups. "In addition, in Qingzhou and Liaoyang, four armies are each placed as a force for mobility."

The soldiers of the 36th Army were divided into 20 armies with 100,000 soldiers and horses to garrison various places.

The remaining strength was only 16 armies and 80,000 soldiers.

"This time, we sent troops to the Central Plains, not through the Liaohai, so a large part of the army had to go south from the northeast. To this end, we will mobilize 80,000 soldiers and horses this time, out of Liaodong, into the customs, from Pingzhou to Jizhou through Shunzhou, and finally into Cangzhou, and then into Henan. ”

Looking at this long marching route, everyone was a little surprised. However, after the Yellow River in the south, it is the territory of Shandong Province, and the army can go south with light troops without carrying too much baggage, and the difficulty of going south is reduced. Moreover, after Shunzhou was captured, the territory of the Northeast Army was directly connected with the Yichang Army, which was controlled by the imperial court, and the south was Shandong Province, so that although the road was far from the north to the south, it was also a very suitable road.

However, now that the Hebei rebels Cheng De Army are attacking the Yichang Army, they want to take advantage of the road to go south, but they are afraid that they will have to fight with the Cheng German Army first.

Hearing everyone's worries, Li Jing chuckled, "Whoever dares to block the car with his mantis arm, then we will crush them all the way!" (To be continued......)